A report on Quebec diaspora
The Quebec diaspora consists of Quebec immigrants and their descendants dispersed over the North American continent and historically concentrated in the New England region of the United States, Ontario, and the Canadian Prairies.
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Quebec
3 linksOne of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
One of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
This phenomenon is known as the Grande Hémorragie and greatly threatened the survival of the Canadien nation.
French Canadians
2 linksEthnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in Canada beginning in the 17th century.
Ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in Canada beginning in the 17th century.
Between 1840 and 1930, many French Canadians immigrated to New England, an event known as the Grande Hémorragie.
French Americans
2 linksFrench Americans or Franco-Americans (Franco-Américains), are citizens or nationals of the United States who identify themselves with having full or partial French or French-Canadian heritage, ethnicity and/or ancestral ties.
French Americans or Franco-Americans (Franco-Américains), are citizens or nationals of the United States who identify themselves with having full or partial French or French-Canadian heritage, ethnicity and/or ancestral ties.
A vital segment of Franco-American history involves the Quebec diaspora of the 1840s–1930s, in which nearly one million French Canadians moved to the United States, mainly relocating to New England mill towns, fleeing economic downturn in Québec and seeking manufacturing jobs in the United States.
Vermont
1 linksState in the New England region of the United States.
State in the New England region of the United States.
Beginning in the mid-19th century, Vermont industries attracted numerous Irish, Scots-Irish and Italian immigrants, adding to its residents of mostly English and some French-Canadian ancestry.
Little Canada (term)
0 linksName for any of the various communities where French Canadians congregated upon emigrating to the United States, in particular New England, in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Name for any of the various communities where French Canadians congregated upon emigrating to the United States, in particular New England, in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Approximately 900,000 French-Canadians emigrated to the United States in the period of 1840-1930 as part of the Quebec diaspora.
Mike Gravel
0 linksAmerican politician who served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party, and who, in later life, twice ran for the presidential nomination of that party.
American politician who served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party, and who, in later life, twice ran for the presidential nomination of that party.
His parents were part of the Quebec diaspora, and he was raised in a working-class neighborhood during the Great Depression, speaking only French until he was seven years old.
Will Durant
0 linksAmerican writer, historian, and philosopher.
American writer, historian, and philosopher.
Durant was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, to French-Canadian Catholic parents Joseph Durant and Mary Allard, who had been part of the Quebec emigration to the United States.